Hawaii

Hawaii

Monday, November 15, 2010

LESSON 8-C RUBRIC for BENCHMARKS 3.4 & 3.5

Students are assigned the task of designing your own Rubric and then add them to the HCPS III Rubric which are already designed for Benchmark SS.HHK.3.4 (the blue lettered section of the Rubric were already written by the HCPS III benchmark:

ADVANCED - PROFICIENT - PARTIALLY PROFICIENT - NOVICE

(SEE STANDARDS and BENCHMARKS - SS.7HK.3.4 RUBRIC)

LESSON 8-B MODEL THESIS

This is just an example of a thesis which you will have to write for your third essay (SS.7HHK.3.4 and 3.5):
King David Kalakaua's trip around the world served two purposes: 1) to secure immigration to help Hawaii's burgeoning sugar industry, and 2) to create political alliances for protection because of Hawaii's military vulnerability. (i.e., buffer zone).
Early immigrant groups from China, Japan, Portugal, and eventually the Philippines brought aspects of culture (i.e., beliefs, knowledge). When new immigrant groups arrived they faced inequities (unfairness, discrimination) on the job, cultural diffusion, and assimilation into both the Hawaiian and Anglo society.